Erdogan pledges to facilitate Sweden's NATO membership bid
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Erdogan pledges to facilitate Sweden's NATO membership bid

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President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan stated that he would do everything in his power to help Sweden’s parliamentary ratification of its NATO membership, but he also pointed out that Stockhom had not yet taken enough action against Kurdish militants. Last month, Erdogan approved Sweden’s application to join NATO and sent the bill to parliament for ratification. Speaking to reporters on a flight back from Kazakhstan on Friday, Erdogan said that while Stockholm had taken some action regarding arms embargoes against Turkey and protests organised by the banned Kurdistan Workers Party, it had not taken any action regarding the PKK’s operations in Sweden. Extended-neutral The invasion of Ukraine by Russia last year prompted Sweden and Finland to apply to join NATO in order to strengthen their security.

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